Hagiwara Sakutaro was born in 1886 and started writing poetry while still at school. His first volume of poetry was published in 1917 and his use of tangible images and his colloquial language represented a departure from traditional forms of Japanese Poetry. His use of the colloquial set a precendent in Japanese poetry which was not generally adopted until the mid 1940s. Sometimes referred to as the 'Japanese Baudelaire', Sakutaro died in 1942.

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